Tag: 1920s

Mrs Osbourne, circa 1919

Vera Crichton, 23, and Nancy Cowman, 19, are listed in the NSW Police Gazette 24 March 1924 as charged, along with three others, with “conspiring together to procure a miscarriage” on a third woman. Crichton was “bound over to appear for sentence if called upon within three years”.

courtesy of
The Justice & Police Museum/Historic Households Trust

source: twistedsifter

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Aktstudien von Rudolf Koppitz

Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) ~ Aktstudie (Nude Study), Weissensee, Kärnten, Österreich, um 1928
Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) ~ Aktstudie mit Kinder, Weissensee, Kärnten, Österreich, um 1928 | src Ostlicht Auktionen
Rudolf Koppitz (1884-1936) ~ «Akt» (stehender Akt), um 1928 | Swann galleries & Ostlicht Auktionen

Vera Skoronel by Lotte Jacobi

Lotte Jacobi ~ Die Tänzerin Vera Skoronel in Tanzpose vor einem Spiegel, 1930. Fotografie: Atelier Jacobi. | src Getty Images
Lotte Jacobi ~ Die Tänzerin Vera Skoronel in Tanzpose vor einem Spiegel, 1930. Fotografie: Atelier Jacobi. | detail

Peter Doyle & Caleb Williams :: from City of Shadows (Historic Houses Trust, 2005), a recollection of forensic crime photography, created by the New South Wales Police between 1912 and 1960.

Alice Adeline Cook, 30th December, 1922

was convicted of bigamy and theft. By the age of 24 she had amassed an impressive number of aliases and at least two husbands. She was described by police as ‘rather good looking’. All images are courtesy of the Historic Houses Trust. Be sure to check out their site for more fascinating historical images.

 – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum

  

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